| Mukhtar Tileuberdi | |
| Office: | Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria |
| President: | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Primeminister: | Älihan Smaiylov Oljas Bektenov |
| Term Start: | 14 August 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Bakaev Alibek |
| Office1: | Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan |
| President1: | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Primeminister1: | Askar Mamin Älihan Smaiylov |
| Term Start1: | 11 January 2022 |
| Term End1: | 29 March 2023 |
| Successor1: | Murat Nurtleu |
| Office2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| President2: | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
| Primeminister2: | Askar Mamin |
| Term Start2: | 18 September 2019 |
| Term End2: | 29 March 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | Beibut Atamkulov |
| Successor2: | Murat Nurtleu |
| Office3: | Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Malaysia |
| President3: | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Term Start3: | 5 August 2004 |
| Term End3: | 9 July 2009 |
| Predecessor3: | Ikram Adyrbekov |
| Successor3: | Beibut Atamkulov |
| Office4: | Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines |
| Term Start4: | 10 March 2005 |
| Term End4: | 9 July 2009 |
| President4: | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Office5: | Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Switzerland |
| President5: | Nursultan Nazarbayev |
| Term Start5: | 9 July 2009 |
| Term End5: | 4 March 2016 |
| Predecessor5: | Amanzhol Zhankuliev |
| Birth Name: | Mukhtar Beskenuly Tileuberdi |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Aksu, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Kazakh |
| Native Name Lang: | kk |
Mukhtar Beskenuly Tileuberdi (Kazakh: Мұхтар Бескенұлы Тілеуберді, Mūhtar Beskenūly Tıleuberdı, in Kazakh pronounced as /mo̙χtɑɾ bʲeskʲeno̙ɫɯ tɘlʲewbʲeɾdɘ/; born June 30, 1968) is a Kazakh statesman, diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Austria, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to International Organizations in Vienna (2023).[1] who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 18 September 2019 until 29 March 2023.[2] [3] He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in the Älihan Smaiylov.
Tileuberdi was born June 30, 1968, in the village of Aksu, Chimkent region.[4] He graduated from Kirov Kazakh State University (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University) majoring in philosophy.[5] After graduating from the university, he started working at the departments of History of Philosophy and Chinese Philology of the Al-Farabi Kazakh State University.[6]
Tileuberdi was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 18 September 2019.[7] Prior to that, he had served as First Vice Minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019.
Tileuberdi has an extensive diplomatic career. He served as Kazakhstan Ambassador to Malaysia[8] with concurrent accreditation to Indonesia, Brunei, and the Philippines.[9] He also served as Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Switzerland and with concurrent accreditation to Liechtenstein and the Vatican.[10] Additionally, he served as the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva.[11]
During his tenure as Foreign Minister, Tileuberdi pays great attention to supporting foreign investors interested in the Kazakh market and Kazakh businesses abroad. In one of his op-eds Tileuberdi emphasized that the Foreign Ministry was at the forefront of economic diplomacy aimed at promoting Kazakhstan as an investment destination.[12]
Tileuberdi is active in the advocacy of interethnic and interfaith tolerance.[13]